Railway-car end



July 14, 1925. r 1,545,720

r a. A. WQODMAN RAILWAY CAB END med Jan. 25. 1919 .2-Shoets-Sheet'1 July .14, 1925. I 1,545,720 7 G. A. WOODMAN RAILWAY CAR END Filed Jan. 25. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE a. woomvmmor CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' RAILWAY-CAR END.

Application filed January 25, 1919. Serial No. 273,007.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Car Ends, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an economical metal end installation for box cars by limiting the metal construction to that portion of the end which is usually damaged by shifting lading and by employing comparatively cheap wood sheathing for the upper portion of the end which the lading seldom damages.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one end of a wood box car embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the end of the box car shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4: are horizontal sectional views of a corner of the end showing different arrangements of the metal end section;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing a modification.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is the end sill, 6 the flooring, 7 the lining, 8 the end belt rail, 9 the end plate, 10 the end facia board and 11 the roofing of a wood box car of usual construction.

It has been customary to form the end of the car entirely of wood sheathing or of sheet metal. My invention consists in providing a combination wood and metal end, the wood section being located at the upper part of the end which is seldom; damaged directly by shifting lading and the metal section being located at the lower part of the end which is subject to direct damage when the lading shifts.

The upper sect-ion 12 of the car end con- I sists of the usual wood sheathing and extends from the belt rail 8 to the top of the car in the usual manner. The lower section 13 of the car end is made of corrugated sheet metal which is bolted to the end sill 5 and to end posts 1 1 and to the belt rail 8 over the lower edge of the wood section 12. I prefer to bend up the lower edge of the metal section 13 against the bottom of the end sill in the form of a flange 15, and to bend he side e ges 16' of the metal section end posts by suitable fastening means 17.

The upperedge 18 of .themetal section is slightly offset and seated in a rabbet 19 in the wood section 12, at the lower edge thereof, so that the upper edge of the metal section will lie over the lower edge of the Wood section and flush with the face thereof. The upper edge of the metal section is fastened to the lower edge of the wood section and to the belt rail 8 and the lining 7 by bolts or other suitable fastening means 20.

That portion of the metal section between the belt rail, the floor and the corner posts is corrugated in any suitable manner, the corrugations running vertically, horizontally or otherwise and pressed inward towards the lining 7. This lining may be located at a distance from the metal section, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be located adjacent the metal section to engage the corrugations, as shown in Fig. 4. Located opposite each end post there is a vertical outward corrugation 21, the upper end of which merges into the offset upper edge portion of the metal section.

My improved car end provides the requisite strength where it is needed to withstand the damaging effects of shifting lading and it provides an economical installation by limiting the size of the metal section to that portion of the end which is usually affected reduced and at the same time the benefits and advantages of a metal end for with standing the effects of shifting lading are provided. The construction of the metal end section is strong and substantial and is capable of withstanding the end thrust of shifting lading and the wear and tear of rough usage.

The invention may be used economically on new cars, and it is especially valuable in repairing wood cars which have been damaged at the ends by shifting lading, and also for reconstructing wood car ends to safeguard them against damage.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction of my invention may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of the following claims. For example, the upper edge portion of the metal section may be lapped under the lower edge portion of the upper section, as shown in Fig. 5, and the rabbet could be omitted from the construction shown in Fig. 2.

I claim:

1. Abox car end coinprisingawood sheathing upper section, a sheet metal lower section consisting of a plate having its side edge portions bent around the corner posts of the car and its bottom edge portion extending over the end sill of the car, the plate having outwardly extending corrugations opposite the corner posts extending lengthwise thereof, and a plurality of inwardly extending corrugations disposed intions bent around the corner posts 01. the car and its bottom edge portion extending over the endsill of the car, the plate having outwardly extending corrugations opposite the corner posts extending lengthwise thereof,

and a plurality of inwardly extending corrugations disposed intermediate the out ward'ly extending corrugations.

GEORGE A. WOODMAN.

Witnesses:

W. O. BELT,-

M. A. KIDDIE. 

